On May 10, 2004, at 12:20 AM, Sean Davis wrote:
> Hi, I'd like to replace the aging DS1287 RTC in my AlphaStation 600 
> 5/266
> with a DS12887 (of which I have two, never used, DS sent them to me for
> free). My issue is this: I'm very hesitant to go soldering on a 
> motherboard.
> Is there anyone who has done this, and/or can point me to some sort of 
> guide
> for best practices in motherboard-desoldering-and-resoldering? I don't 
> want
> to fry my alpha :)

   I do this sort of work all the time.  Is this a surface mount chip, 
or a through-hole?

       -Dave

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Dave McGuire          "PC users only know two 'solutions'...
Cape Coral, FL          reboot and upgrade."    -Jonathan Patschke